Jeff Stier
@JeffaStier
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A sane, science-based perspective on public health. Senior Fellow, Consumer Choice Center. Policy advisor: The Heartland Institute. Sr. Fellow, @Protectaxpayers
The Nanny City
Joined October 2010
“That’s not to say that the government shouldn’t be the payer here, but the problem the bipartisan legislation seeks to mitigate is predictable—almost as predictable as the insurance industry’s opposition.”.
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“When the end user isn’t the payer, it should be expected that there would be all sorts of inefficiencies and market participants looking to exploit the system,” said Stier.
heartland.org
A new bill to improve the way Medicare Advantage (MA) providers determine patients’ health risks, to eliminate overpayment.
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It is not a surprise that bad actors have exploited the MA program, says Jeff Stier, a senior fellow at the Center for Consumer Choice. “When the end user isn’t the payer, it should be expected that there would be all sorts of inefficiencies .
heartland.org
A new bill to improve the way Medicare Advantage (MA) providers determine patients’ health risks, to eliminate overpayment.
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RT @ArielleSelya: My thoughts on this week's study that made the media with "a third of UK teenage vapers will go on to smoke":. https://t.….
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I love farmers’ market season, so it’s time to revisit this from 2008. Buzzkill ⚠️: Instead of throwing $ for pricey organic food at the problem…encourage behavioral change – perhaps to take a cooking class & get veggie vouchers for graduating.
nypost.com
CITY Health Com missioner Thomas Frieden apparently didn’t notice the scandalous revelations about City Council “member items” earlier this year – at least, it hasn’t...
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RT @Protectaxpayers: TPA applauds @US_FDA's decision to authorize Juul’s tobacco & menthol e-cigarettes—an overdue step toward real harm re….
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Stepping away from public policy work to attend to my home-grown gazpacho.
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The first baby step by Trump @US_FDA to “save vaping”. A welcome one. But there’s more to do to save lives.
nypost.com
The FDA in 2022 had banned Juul's four varieties of tobacco and menthol-flavored pods and the e-cigarette device after it concluded that the company failed to show that sale of these products...
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RT @ColinMendelsohn: Our RCT published today in @AnnalsofIM found #vaping is THREE TIMES more effective than NRT in disadvantaged smokers (….
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RT @RushmoreExt23: The urgent need for the FDA to sensibly regulate a variety of reduced risk alternatives to deadly cigarettes strikes me….
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Almost all adult smokers do NOT want to buy illicit untested & unregulated vapes from . anywhere. They want what Congressed envisioned in the Tobacco Control Act, which is a well-regulated marketplace for significantly lower risk alternatives to deadly cigarettes.
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The best way to fight illicit vapor products is for @FDATobacco to now begin authorizing the flavored e-cigarettes which are appropriate for the protection of the public health. The failure to authorize these lifesaving alternatives to cigarettes is what drove the illicit market.
Congress has directed FDA CTP to spend $200 million of its $712 million budget on fighting "illicit" vapor products, regardless of country of origin. In other words, something is getting cut—science & research, public education campaigns, PMTA / MRTP reviews.
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Down 5-0 and being no hit through 7. Scored in the 8th, tied it in the 9th. Walked it off in the 10th. Yankees walk it off.
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RT @ChaunceyGardner: @dr4liberty But let's be real. Almost no teens vape those products "at least one time in the past 30 days." Teen dai….
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David @zaruk has been doing a brilliant job calling out junk science for a long time. Now he’s calling out the nefarious system of “journalism” making the activists appear legitimate. h/t @Clive_Bates.
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RT @ArielleSelya: My #GFN25 Michael Russell Oration is up!. I start with recapping the state of the (flawed) science and what I think are t….
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What an uplifting afternoon discussing the law, the benefits of limited government and the wide-ranging opportunities and importance of a career in law and public service —with New York’s brightest young legal scholars, together with The Honorable James d'Auguste.
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